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Industry leading computer vision engine made available in cloud service with simple REST API interface.

Menlo Park, California - July 22, 2015 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound Cloud, a service that enables software developers to detect and classify people and faces in still images by means of a simple REST API call.

New computer vision application scans videos you upload to Facebook and provides a FaceGrid of the people in them for you to share.

Menlo Park, California - March 19, 2015 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound VISI for Facebook, a cloud service that provides a visual synopsis of who is in videos you post to your Facebook page. When you share the video, your friends see a FaceGrid of who is in it without having to watch the whole video.

Menlo Park, California - February 5, 2015 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound Video 2.4, the latest version of its popular home and business security software that uses computer vision to monitor video feeds. This release allows a computer running Sighthound Video to communicate with over 160 applications and devices through the IFTTT cloud service, including Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Google Drive, Nest, Philips hue, Twitter and WeMo.

Sighthound Video sends alert triggers to your IFTTT account in the cloud. In IFTTT users create recipes that allow other devices and applications to react to what Sighthound Video sees.

Software incorporates state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms in an easy-to-use package for camera manufacturers, home security system providers and home automation companies

Menlo Park, California - January 15, 2015 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound Sentry, a computer vision engine designed to add intelligence to third party systems, cameras and devices. In its initial implementation, Sighthound Sentry includes a new generation convolutional cascade classifier (C3) engine for person detection, although the engine has been designed from the ground up to support other computer vision capabilities in the future.

Latest release brings large screen live views, ability to hit snooze on e-mail alerts, and international date and time format options.

Menlo Park, California - August 20, 2014 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound Video 2.3, the latest version of the home surveillance software which uses computer vision to distinguish between people and objects in video.

Sighthound’s powerful yet easy-to-use software turns webcams and IP cameras into intelligent home video security systems without being locked in to a particular brand of camera or vendor DVR costs. In addition to giving users full control over their videos, Sighthound Video has the ability to detect and differentiate humans from animals or other objects and greatly reduce the number of false positives and unnecessary alerts sent to users.

Latest release of free Starter version includes Pro Trial, easy license management and support for latest Mac built-in cameras

Menlo Park, California - June 25, 2014 - Sighthound, Inc. today announced the release of Sighthound Video 2.2, the latest version of the advanced home video surveillance software which uses computer vision to distinguish people and objects in video.

Menlo Park, CA - December 20th, 2013 - Sighthound Inc., announced today that it has acquired the assets of Vitamin D Video LLC as part of its push to bring advanced computer vision to consumer and corporate markets. The transaction completed earlier this year, and Sighthound has been actively supporting Vitamin D Video users since.

Software mimics the way the human brain works to differentiate humans and objects

Menlo Park, California - September 26, 2013 - Sighthound, Inc. announces today the launch of Sighthound Video, a product designed to disrupt the hard-to-use world of video security software and bring new levels of intelligence to keeping an eye on those things most precious to you.